Podcasts Business Non-Profit Macro Musings with David Beckworth Alexandra Scaggs on Bond Markets, the Treasury Yield Curve, and MMT

Alexandra Scaggs on Bond Markets, the Treasury Yield Curve, and MMT

Published: April 29, 2019, 4:30 a.m.

Alexandra Scaggs is a senior writer at Barron\u2019s covering financial markets with a special emphasis on bond markets, and she previously wrote news and commentary for the Financial Times and for Bloomberg. Alexandra joins the show today to talk about the current state of bond markets and what it means for the economy. David and Alexandra also discuss corporate debt, the inversion of the treasury yield curve, and the lasting impact of the modern monetary theory debate.

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Transcript for the episode:\xa0https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/04292019/bond-markets-and-macroeconomics

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Alexandra\u2019s Twitter: @alexandrascaggs

Alexandra\u2019s Barron\u2019s profile: https://www.barrons.com/authors/8576

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Related Links:

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*Negative-Yielding Bonds Top $9 Trillion as Growth Worries Return* by Adam Haigh

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-14/negative-yielding-bonds-top-9-trillion-as-growth-worries-return

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David\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth